San Francisco Documentary Festival 2023

Dare to Rise + Q&A

Expired June 12, 2023 6:59 AM
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7 films in package
Banned Book Club
Banned Book Club is a short documentary about a group of high school students trying to return banned books to classroom shelves in central Texas.
Here to Stay
A 23-year-old, first-generation, Mexican American woman runs for office in one of the most dangerous cities in America.
The Exchange Girl
The Exchange Girl is about women working in post production in silent film and how those positions disappeared with the coming of sound. Margaret Bloom, one of the great editors, started her career this way.
Closed captions available
Ampe: Leap into the Sky, Black Girl
Set in the sister cities of Accra, Ghana and Columbus, Ohio, “Ampe: Leap into the Sky, Black Girl” is a rhythmic love letter to Black girlhood across the African diaspora.
Chokehole: Drag Wrestlers do Deutschland
One hot summer night in New Orleans a drag collective staged wrestling night. They dressed up as their vibrant alter-egos, and proceeded to beat the living daylights out each other while the audience collectively lost their shit. That night, Chokehole was born.
Closed captions available
The Ink Element
The death of a graffiti tagger, by covid-19, is the trigger for a group of graffiti taggers to unite in an act against the mismanagement of the federal government in the pandemic
Dare to Rise Q&A

Set in the sister cities of Accra, Ghana and Columbus, Ohio, “Ampe: Leap into the Sky, Black Girl” is a rhythmic love letter to Black girlhood across the African diaspora. Through the lens of the Ghanaian traditional jumping and clapping game, Ampe, the film takes us on a journey of sisterhood, loyalty, and nostalgia in a space created for us, by us.

  • Runtime
    18 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Claudia Owusu, Ife Oluwamuyide
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